But they're there. A note posted last month on the Lombard Village website says, "Although the overall mosquito population is down, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Culex mosquitoes and positive mosquito samples for West Nile Virus."

Saturday night, bunting was up and the village flag flies at half staff in Lombard where a generation has known but one village president.

But as a leader on several boards and commissions, Mueller's reach extended well beyond his hometown.

"You always knew where you stood with him," said Naperville Mayor George Pradel. "A man of convictions, and he was a leader from the beginning, and when he said something, he followed through with it."

There have been 11 reported cases of West Nile Virus in Illinois, nearly all in Cook and DuPage counties. That number will grow, as the reporting process itself takes time.